Westsamoa
[ˈvɛstzaˌmoːa]
The verdict
“Westsamoa” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Inselstaat in Polynesien
Corpus desk
Index DE-westsamoa · Westsamoa · German
Westsamoa · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Westsamoa |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɛstzaˌmoːa] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Westsamoa“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Westsamoa is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈvɛstzaˌmoːa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Inselstaat in Polynesien".
Zero misspellings are on record for Westsamoa in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Westsamoa, spelled W-E-S-T-S-A-M-O-A.
Definition
- 1Inselstaat in Polynesien
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Westsamoa appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Westsamoa fiel bei der Aufteilung Samoas unter den Kolonialmächten an Deutschland und wurde am 1. März 1900 offiziell deutsche Kolonie.
„In den zurückliegenden Jahren besuchten pro Jahr durchschnittlich 80000 Touristen Westsamoa.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.